Debbie Freeman
Australian tennis player
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Debbie Freeman (born 5 June 1962) is an Australian former tennis player who won Junior Wimbledon in 1980.
Australia| Country (sports) | Australia |
|---|---|
| Residence | Australia |
| Born | 5 June 1962 Sydney, Australia |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–12 |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1r (1983) |
| French Open | 1r (1981) |
| Wimbledon | 1r (1981, 1983) |
| US Open | 1r (1981) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–4 |
| Last updated on: 7 August 2007. | |
In 1978, Freeman won the Australian Open Girls' Doubles title with Kathy Mantle.[1]
In 1980, Freeman became the first Australian to win Girls' Singles title at Wimbledon.[2][3] Freeman received a telegram from the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser, congratulating her on her win.[citation needed] The next Australian to win the Junior Girls Wimbledon title was Ashleigh Barty in 2011.[4]
Freeman failed to capitalise on her Junior titles, losing first-round matches at the US Open, Wimbledon and the French Open in the following year. She retired from professional tennis soon after.[5]
